GREENSBORO – A truly impressive group of musicians came together with legendary singer-songwriter Leroy Preston for an engaging concert at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro last Saturday evening, all with credentials of performing and recording in their long careers with many nationally famous artists. Preston himself has[Read More…]
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Show Evokes Turn-of-the-century Old Music Hall, Vaudeville
GREENSBORO – The Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro was the venue for the Happenstance Theater’s tribute to Vaudeville, “Pocket Moxie,” performed last Friday night. Dressed in turn-of-the-century costumes, the five players evoked the old music hall and variety shows of the traveling troupes that brought light entertainment to[Read More…]
Classic Shakespeare on Stage with Strong Casting
PLAINFIELD – One of William Shakespeare’s most popular plays, “Romeo and Juliet,” is currently being performed on two successive weekends this month at the Haybarn Theatre on the Creative Campus of former Goddard College by the Plainfield Little Theater, imaginatively directed by Tom Blachly. It inaugurates the Green Mountain Shakespeare[Read More…]
East Coast Inspirational Singers Over the Top
GREENSBORO – The East Coast Inspirational Singers from Harlem came to the Highland Center for the Arts last Saturday evening and gave a highly energetic performance that was over the top in inspiration and audience participation. One could feel the deep roots in the characteristic call and response mode where[Read More…]
Bechdel’s Book Talk Draws Supportive Fans
HARDWICK – A crowd filled the Hazen Union Auditorium last Friday to hear from award-winning cartoonist and author, Alison Bechdel. She discussed her newest comic novel, “Spent,” answered questions and signed books. “This is the very last stop on my cross-country book tour, and I am so excited to be[Read More…]
Glorious Leader Offered Original Compositions, Mesmerizing Performance
GREENSBORO – The Glorious Leader, the solo project of Kyle Woolard, came to Greensboro on June 7, where he gave a mesmerizing performance, along with guest artist Jess O’Brien, at the Highland Center for the Arts. In his original compositions he combined vocals and playing on the guitar, ukulele and[Read More…]
Whitewater Gallery Hosts Stark Retrospective
From this month into July the Whitewater Gallery in East Hardwick is featuring paintings by Kathy Stark of Craftsbury Common. As she writes in her overview of places she has exhibited over the years, “I am an abstract artist, since the 1980s. I have been working with repeat images. The[Read More…]
Group Show Illustrates Remarkable Talent
HARDWICK – An ongoing spring exhibition of art by over two dozen contributors at the Hardwick Inn has been extended into June. The show illustrates the remarkable talent and diversity of creative artists in this area, Pieces range from imaginative collages to photographs, landscape paintings, fabric constructions, folky wooden sculptures,[Read More…]
Original Drama Based on Familiar Story
GREENSBORO – Almost all of the children in the Greensboro primary school participated in this spring’s theatrical event at the Highland Center for the Arts on Monday, May 19, at 5 p.m. Some 16 students performing as the Lakeview Elementary School Players. The drama was “The Pigs’ Tale,” adapted by[Read More…]
Gitano Music Offers Imaginative Solo Improvisations
ADAMANT – The Kraatz Carromato, a Burlington quartet of four excellent musicians, came to the Adamant Community Club on Sunday evening, May 18, and gave a unique concert of Gitano-inspired music. Gitano is one of many labels for the Roma (gypsies), both words derived from Egypt, to which people originally[Read More…]
“Mermaid” Featured Large Cast of Children, Adults
CABOT – Usually plays are turned into films but there is a certain trend of turning movies into plays, as in the case of “The Little Mermaid.” Originally a Disney animated musical which came out in 1989, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, it has been adapted for the stage[Read More…]
Wonderful Concert of Classic Jazz, Big Band Sound
GREENSBORO – The Vermont Jazz Ensemble came to the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro and gave a wonderful concert of classic jazz and big band of the ’30s and ’40s dance numbers on the evening of Friday, May 2. Many of the 17 musicians have been veteran players[Read More…]
